Laguna Drug and Alcohol Rehab Center

Experiential therapies encompass a wide range of alternative forms of talk therapy. For those who don’t necessarily feel comfortable sitting on a couch and discussing their feelings or exploring the causes of their addiction, experiential therapy can offer another route.

• For some clients, our experiential therapies allow them a chance to use puppetry or theater work to reenact emotional situations from their past. This type of work allows clients to process unresolved issues that may have contributed to addiction or are continuing to hold clients back from achieving wholeness.
• For other clients, experiential therapy allows them to learn how to cope with negative feelings instead of letting those feelings control their emotional state.
•  sound therapy

All of these therapeutic techniques are designed to help you better identify any negativity that you might be carrying or express yourself more effectively so that you can build healthy coping strategies to support your sobriety.

With several experiential therapies, you get a chance to work in group settings or collaborative settings with professionals in several fields.

We provide several forms of fitness to reduce stress and help you improve your physical health. Drug abuse can have detrimental impacts on your physical and mental well-being, and in order to recover successfully, you need to improve both.

Offering a variety of indoor and outdoor activities in our beautiful, natural setting, you can participate in things like yoga, which helps you remain mindful of the present moment instead of ruminating about the past or worrying about the future. 

Such exercises can provide a safe and supportive place to recognize that the discomfort you might feel at any time, whether it’s from withdrawal symptoms, cravings, or stress, is all temporary, and when you focus on things within your control, like your breathing, you can learn not to let them control your thoughts and behaviors.

Meditation often goes hand in hand with yoga or mindfulness practice. Meditation can help manage stress and control symptoms of mental health conditions like depression or anxiety.

Meditation comes in many forms, and our outpatient programs offer things like Mantra meditation or mindfulness meditation. You can even incorporate the lessons you learn through meditation classes while you are sitting, walking, gently stretching, or sitting in a car.

Evidence indicates that several forms of holistic care can have a profound impact on your success in an outpatient program and with lasting sobriety. Music therapy offers a powerful tool to connect with other people and enhance your emotional well-being.

Music therapy can involve:

• Listening to music
• Learning an instrument
• Singing
• Dancing

Several studies have found that simply listening to live music in a group setting can cause your heart rate and breathing to synchronize with those around you and the electrical activity on your skin to enhance and synchronize, leaving you with a tingling across your skin and the feeling of increased heart rate and breathing in a more powerful and profound way.

However, holistic therapy can take other forms as well. Art therapy has been proven to provide clients with a space to move through negative emotions, improve communication, and build self-esteem in recovery.